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He was the 34th president of the United States and was a 5 star general in WWII.
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Turned McDonalds from small chain to world wide restaurant.
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The 36th persident of the US.
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Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the US
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The first person to create a polio vaccine.
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He was the 35th President of the U.S. helped resolved the Cuban Missle Crisis.
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An American writer, activist and feminist.
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He was the pilot who was shot down flying a U-2 plane in soviet airspace over Cuba.
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A member of the US Army Special Forces that got a Medal of Honor for his valorous actions.
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An american political and social leader.
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An investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives.
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American attempt to intercept and decode USSR messages.
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This act increased Federal power during World War II.
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Law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II.
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he imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II
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People born during the demographic post–World War II.
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A state of political and military tension after World War II between Communist and Democratic ideals.
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The idea that if we contain communism we can more easliy eliminate it.
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An American foreign policy created to counter USSR communist dominance.
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An American initiative to aid Western European Reconstruction.
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An airstrip in berlin was used to bring supplies into eastern berlin.
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An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty
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The thought that if one country "fell" to communism then others would quickly follow.
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The practice of making accusations without proper regard for evidence.
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A type of popular dance music originating from the 1950s.
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A media that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement.
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The war between North and South Korea.
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A couple is accused of selling nuclear secrets to the USSR.
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The war between communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
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Declared that the construction of an elaborate expressway system was essential to the national interest.
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The was a mutual competition between the US and USSR to make better rockets than each other. The USSR was the first to get a satellite to revolve around the Earth, but the US was the first to get a man on the moon.
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An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles and supported by the U.S. government.
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a 13-day confrontation between the US and USSR over missles in Cuba.
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A set of domestic programs to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.
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Resolution that allowed the president to wage war against the communists in Indochina however he saw fit.
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A social health care program for families and individuals with low income and limited resources.
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The federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older.
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A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court established the rights of a criminal suspect who has been arrested.
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North Vietnam launched a surprise attack during the holiday of Tet. This was a strategic victory for North Vietnam.
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A policy to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces.
